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Market Research: Global DSL Lines Exceed 55M

Subject: Industry Specific
Author: Point-Topic / DSL Forum
Source: CyberAtlas

Global DSL growth exceeded expectations for the third quarter of 2003, reaching 55 million, according to Point-Topic and DSL Forum representing an 18 percent increase over Q2 2003, and an 80 percent gain over Q3 2002.

China dominated new subscriber growth in Q3 2003, adding 2.2 million subscribers alone, which could position the country to overtake Japan as the country with the most DSL customers during 2004.

Top Countries by Number of DSL Subscribers Added, Q3 2003
China - 2,217,000
Japan - 971,400
U.S. - 667,700
France - 390,500
Germany - 387,500
UK - 343,200
South Korea - 258,400
Italy - 237,000
Taiwan - 232,400
Canada - 159,700
Source: DSL Forum

Japan remained the leading country in terms of total number of lines at roughly 9.2 million, with the U.S. following at 8.2 million. China is now in third place with 7.8 million lines, recently overtaking South Korea.

South Korea has earned the distinction of being the leading country in the world with more than 30 percent subscribed to broadband DSL, and more than 20 percent of South Korea's subscribers have now upgraded to VDSL services, according to DSL Forum.

The Asia Pacific share of subscriptions is over 50 percent of all DSL lines at 28 million, while the Americas account for 11.7 million lines, and EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) for 15.5 million.

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posted by Victor Lloyd Smith @ 12:51 PM